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Simply put mycoherbicides are fungi that kill living things. They are being used as biological warfare agents in the drug war. Please check out mycoherbicide.info for more information. Izzy has done some great diaries on mycoherbicides. This is a subject well worth your time to unterstand, so please go read and recommend Izzy’s diaries: today’s Drug Warriors Take Aim at the Planet: Pt. 2 and yesterday’s Drug Warriors Take Aim at the Planet.
MacLeans is reporting that Pot activist Marc Emery granted bail in U.S. extradition case
more…
The U.S. is seeking the extradition of Emery, the leader of the B.C. Marijuana Party.
He was indicted by a grand jury in the U.S. and faces a minimum of 10 years in jail for the drug charges.
Associate Chief Justice Patrick Dohm allowed Emery to go free on $50,000 bail.
He said Emery can continue his political work for the B.C. Marijuana Party, which is fighting for legalization of pot.
Emery will also be allowed to continue running his bookstore, where he allegedly sold pot seeds, and can resume operations at his Cannabis Culture magazine.
His lawyer John Conroy said the case against Emery is unfair because Canadian police have never charged him while he openly sold seeds for nine years.
“Even Health Canada was directing people to online websites like Mr. Emery’s to buy seeds. And now they’re helping the Americans,” he said at a news conference outside the court.
Emery and two others are accused by the U.S. of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, conspiracy to distribute marijuana seeds and conspiracy to engage in money laundering.
More inforamtion can be found at the Cannabis Culture web site. There is also plenty to see over at Drug WarRant, including this post today.
OK, this is my first diary, so I hope that I get all of this stuff right. My handle is “Cannabis” because I want to bring more attention to this plant and things that surround it. No, I don’t smoke it, but the War on (Some) Drugs has had a profound effect on me and I want to share it.
So, Marc Emery has been arrested at the behest of the American DEA. Here are a couple of the better stories on this:
America targets Emery
London Free Press
and
B.C. pot activist arrested in extradition bid
CTV
if you want to watch this story on TV:
here’s a good one
you will need Real Player
Of course there will be quite a lot at Marc’s
So, the real question in all of this is Canadian sovereignty. Do we really have any left, or is it just an illusion?